Dear members of the Mittelbau

Which topics are discussed at our regular MOL meetings and what is our representation in the University Association doing? We are pleased to inform you about these topics as well as an election call of the Women* in Academia Work Group.

With best regards
Your MOL Board

Tess Bardy (GWM), Matteo Frey (TF), Aline Leimann (RF), Alexander Ort (GMF), Antonia Steigerwald (KSF)

My name is Lucien and I grew up in Basel. I studied philosophy and law and I am working 50% as a research assistant at a chair for public law. My research interests mainly lie in public law, specifically constitutional law. At the moment, I am focusing on the topic of judicial independence as part of my dissertation and would like to develop proposals on how to best safeguard this in times of political crisis.

I have been working at the MOL as cashier since April 2021. I basically like working with formulas, I am tech-savvy and through my work I would like to contribute to ensuring the financial stability of the MOL. I want to make sure that we, as a representative "association", disclose our finances in a transparent and comprehensible way. This is not only important to enable proper planning, but also as a responsibility to you as members of the Mittelbau. Thank you very much for your trust in me!

I will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the MOL's finances.

MOL representation at the University Association

The University Association with around 1'200 members, supports the University of Lucerne both ideally and materially. As a politically and denominationally neutral association, the University Association has been committed to the further development of the University of Lucerne since 1997. In addition, the association networks personalities from science, civil society, politics and culture.

Women* in Academia Work Group: New Head of Board wanted!

The MOL work group “Women* in Academia” is currently looking for a new head of the board for Fall Term 2023. The unpaid position offers a great opportunity for directly shaping the group’s work plus networking with other junior female researchers at our University. Nominations can be e-mailed to molremove-this.@remove-this.unilu.ch with the heading “Women* in Academia Nomination” till March 27th the latest. Please include 2 to 3 sentences introducing yourself (with a link to your university profile/ research profile) and explaining why you would like to be head of board. In case there is more than one nomination, elections will be organized online and advertised in the April MOL Newsletter. If you have any questions regarding the group and/or position, contact the current head of board, christina.cavedonremove-this.@remove-this.unilu.ch.

MOL Meetings

The regular MOL meetings will start again in March and will take place on different days of the week to enable you all to participate.

The topics of the MOL meetings in 2023 are:

• Equality at the University of Lucerne (6 March 2023, 16:15-17:30)
• The academic Mittelbau in Switzerland (4 April 2023, 16:15-17:30)
• Research at the University of Lucerne (3 May 2023, 16:15-17:30)
• MOL Excursion: Join us for an afternoon excursion (1 June 2023, afternoon).

All events will be held in English. You can find the current dates on our website in the section Events.

UNI INSIDE

"Uni Inside", the newsletter for the staff of our university, is sent out by the University Communications. It is published on Thursdays and provides information for members of the Mittelbau as well - a good reason to check it out regularly.

News on our Website

On our website we are publishing regularly interesting articles and news concerning the mid-level – have a look: News  (english website in progress)